[Adopted 4-21-1997 by Ord. No. 382; amended
in its entirety 9-17-2019 by Ord.
No. 555]
If any owner or owners of property against which an assessment shall have been made does not pay such assessment in full within 60 days after services of any assessment bill shall have been made, this Township may file a municipal claim or lien therefor, together with interest at the rate of 4% per annum from the date established by the Board of Supervisors of this Township but not earlier than completion of the work. The Treasurer of this Township shall certify to this Township's solicitor all unpaid assessments and such solicitor, at the direction of the Board of Supervisors of this Township, shall file municipal claims or liens therefor against the property or properties with respect to which such assessment or assessments shall have been charged in the proper office of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, as provided by law. Such solicitor thereupon shall proceed to collect all such assessments under general laws relating to collection of municipal claims, including, if so directed by this Township, the filing of suit or suits in assumpsit, unless the owner or owners shall elect (which election shall be presumptively made in the absence of written notice to this Township to the contrary) to pay such assessment or assessments in installments, as provided in § 113-49, and at the time shall not be in default in payment of installments, including interest, as provided in § 113-49. In no event shall any municipal claims be filed later than the last day permitted by law for such filing. Certificates of the consulting engineers filed with this Township shall be conclusive with respect to the times of completion as therein set forth.
